PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bill proposed by South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden and carried in part by District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff is on it’s way to the Senate floor. Senate Bill 113 would make disturbing a religious service a Class Six Felony. Mehlhaff told the Senate Judiciary Committee a misdemeanor isn’t strong enough after watching protesters enter a St. Paul, Minnesota church recently…
Tara Larson, representing the state’s criminal defense lawyers offered what she called soft opposition to the bill…
District 26 Senator Tamara Grove supports the bill, but isn’t sure it will prevent disruptions of religious services in the state…
S-B 113 moves to the full Senate on a seven-zero vote.
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